A young boy defends the birds, but can his sister protect him from the cruelty of others.

Previously published in Tracks Magazine

Emma searches for meaning and escape on the wild outer reef at the Cape.

Previously published in Tracks Magazine

Friendships are tested in a remote fishing town when the tide goes out and doesn’t come back in.

Winner of the State Library of Queensland Young Writers Award

Small-town rivalries push a failing journalist to change direction and finally put his heart on the line (with the help of a few moves from Titanic).

Winner of the Alice Sinclare Short Story Prize

When the wind turns, father and daughter bodysurf the breakers.

Previously published in Seizure Journal

An exiled trophy-husband returns to his parents’ beachfront home seeking comfort and instead gets a reality check.

Poppy promises her friend Leah a best-selling finance book will change her life. But when a seal and a bloke arrive to town, Leah wonders if money means everything, or nothing. (Inspired by Scott Pape's The Barefoor Investor)

Found washed ashore on an island, Eddie is taken in by eccentric Jean who collects flotsam and jetsam from the sea. But is Jean trying to help Eddie, or does she want to make him part of her collection?

“All Hands sits in the tradition of Tim Winton’s Western Australian stories of masculinity and the ocean. [Here] the Australian coast is not simply a sunshine haven, but a vastly rugged home for personal reflection and growth.” — MOYA COSTELLO, Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award judge